Air
6 MARCH: OBAN, SCOTLAND 24 FEBRUARY: BAHRAIN
Reports emerge that one of the airport’s fire A Syrian passenger, aged 32, groped a teenage
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engines appeared to have been sabotaged. girl on a flight from Damascus to Bahrain and
It was only noted when the firemen could was later jailed for a month.
not start the vehicle in order to respond to a
real emergency. 27 FEBRUARY: SARDINIA
Dr Paolo Tomasi, 47, who was travelling with his
7 MARCH: LANZHOU, CHINA 8-year old son on a Ryanair flight to London was
A China Southern flight en route from removed from the aircraft prior to departure
Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Province, to following an altercation regarding his
Beijing diverted to Lanzhou when Guzalinur attentiveness during the flight safety briefing.
Turdi, 19, allegedly tried to blow up the
plane by igniting gasoline concealed in 1 MARCH: BANGOR
soda cans. (See Lead Editorial) Aiden Simon Mackle, 44, was arrested when
his Delta Airlines flight, en route from Atlanta
10 MARCH: PANJGUR, PAKISTAN to Dublin diverted due to his disruptive
The air navigation system was damaged when a behaviour. It is alleged he drank three or four
rocket was fired at the airport buildings. small bottles of wine and then went to the
HIJACKS toilets and smoked. When challenged by a
& ATTEMPTED HIJACKS 22 MARCH: DURBAN flight attendant, he responded that he was
Passengers delayed due to the cancellation associated with al Qaeda.
8 FEBRUARY: CHRISTCHURCH of a Mango flight to Cape Town, caused by
A Somali refugee, Asha Ali Abdille, one of the flight attendants being ill, 5 MARCH: GIMPO, SOUTH KOREA
attempted to hijack a 19-seater Eagle became so angry that armed riot police had Lee, 46, being an allegedly intoxicated
Airways aircraft soon after its departure to attend the scene. One passenger had passenger on a Korean Air flight from Gimpo to
from Blenheim to Christchurch. She initially smashed a glass door. Some of those Gimhae, is said to have hit the seat in front of him
demanded the pilots re-route to Australia, delayed were frustrated participants in the because he was annoyed by a crying baby.
but agreed to continue to Christchurch Two Oceans Marathon who were to miss the
when the crew explained that the aircraft start of the race. 6 MARCH: ADELAIDE
couldn’t fly across the Tasman. She Tim Cartwright, a 28-year old butcher, came to
seriously wounded both pilots and a the rescue of a Jetstar flight en route to the Gold
passenger in a frenzied knife attack. UNRULY PASSENGERS Coast when he used a ‘sleeper hold’ to subdue a
passenger who had become verbally abusive
6 FEBRUARY: BOSTON and tried to enter the cockpit when the crew had
Conde Ansoumane, 21, allegedly hit a flight announced that the flight was returning to
attendant on an American Airlines flight from New Adelaide. According to subsequent reports,
York to Paris resulting in the plane diverting to Cartwright has been involved in martial arts since
Logan. he was 12 and stated that the move he used was
a rear naked choke or sleeper hold which, “stops
14 FEBRUARY: TAMPA the blood flow momentarily to the brain, which
Students Nisreen Swedberg and Sarah sounds like it’s dangerous but it’s not”.
Williams were escorted off a Southwest
Airlines flight for alleged disruptive
behaviour which they deny.
SABOTAGE & ATTACKS
3 FEBRUARY: MTHATHA, SOUTH AFRICA
Three men carried out an armed robbery at the
airport, stealing four revolvers and 52 rounds of
ammunition.
4 MARCH: TIMARU, NEW ZEALAND
An Eagle Air flight to Christchurch was cancelled
when it was noted that the fuel cap had been 20 FEBRUARY: BANGKOK
tampered with. Whilst the damage was not A Thai passenger on an El Al flight from Tel Aviv
serious, the incident demonstrated the became disruptive and was eventually restrained
accessibility of aircraft when kept on open tarmac. by sky marshals. Tim Cartwright with his wife and son
4 April 2008 Aviationsecurityinternational
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